NEWS IN BRIEF: Rice professor to lecture at Museum of Fine Arts

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"While the other lecturers will be dealing with Egyptian artifacts, I will be talking about the actual men who discovered [the artifacts] and the ordeals they underwent," Neidinger said.

Neidinger, who received his masters and doctoral degrees in history from Rice, graduated from the University of Madrid and Fordham University in New York. He is both the archaeological adviser and co-founder of the Texas Foundation for Archaeological and Historic Research, and he lectures at the Women's Institute. Neidinger has taken part in excavations in Italy, Israel, Bulgaria and Macedonia, where he has worked most recently.

The symposium will consist of two sessions, one at 9 a.m. and one at 2 p.m. Reservations are required, but tickets, which cost $12 for MFA members and $20 for non-members, can be purchased at the museum or by calling 639-7777. A reception and viewing of the exhibit "Splendors of Ancient Egypt" will follow for ticketholders.

Ivan Van Sertima, professor of African studies at Rutgers University and a visiting professor at Princeton University, and Dr. Charles Finch III, director of international health at the Morehouse School of Medicine, will also be speaking.

This item appeared in the News section of the January 31, 1997 issue.

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